U+07FD "߽" NKo Dantayalan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
߽
U+07FD "߽" NKo Dantayalan is a diacritical mark used in the NKo script, which was created in 1949 for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, such as Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula. This character specifically functions as a high tone marker, placed above consonants to indicate a specific tonal pronunciation that distinguishes meaning in these tonal languages. It is part of the broader NKo block in Unicode, supporting the accurate digital representation and preservation of the script's linguistic features, particularly its tonal system which is crucial for proper communication in Manding languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07FD |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | NKo Dantayalan |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07FD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007FD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07fd |